First case of NDM-1 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Caribbean islands

First case of NDM-1 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Caribbean islands

Objectives: Characterize a NDM-1 producing K. pneumoniae isolate recovered from a patient hospitalized in Guadeloupe, French West Indies, after its transfer from Cuba Methods: Antibiotic susceptibilities were determined by the disk diffusion method, and E-test. Carbapenemase production was assessed...

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Main Authors: Sylvaine Bastian, Patrice Nordmann, Elodie Creton, Edith Malpote, Guillaume Thiery, Frederic Martino, Sebastien Breurec, Laurent Dortet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-05-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
NDM-1
carbapenemase
metallo-β-lactamase
Cuba
Guadeloupe
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215000636

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